The Jo Joyner led series, which is due to make its debut next month, featured a sequence which saw a troubled student strap a fake bomb to himself in order to disrupt the merging of a predominantly white and a predominantly Asian school.

In the scene, the boy causes fear and panic when he stands up in assembly but is then seen laughing when his fake device blows confetti everywhere. In the wake of the events in Manchester, the episode is currently being re-worked in order to be sensitive to those affected by the tragedy.

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A Channel 4 spokesperson told Metro.co.uk: ‘In light of the tragic events in Manchester, the first episode of forthcoming drama series Ackley Bridge is being re-edited.’

In the first episode, which Metro.co.uk watched at a recent screening, the joining of the two schools leads to tension between the two communities and this is heightened by the prank played in the assembly.

It is not currently known how the scenes will be changed and how this will affect the plot of the episode moving forward.